good morning, everyone August 6, 2008

Good morning, everyone, and thanks for coming to today’s project kick-off meeting. If you’ll direct your attention to the screen at the front of the room… oh, hello, just fill right in, there’s plenty of room at the back… now, as I was saying, direct your attention to the presentation, and I’ll just dial in on the conference line.

Okay, hold on, let me just check my e-mail for the password.

*nervous chuckle* Every time I try to do something important, it slows down. I mean– ahh, there we are!

Hello?

Yes, we can hear you. Would everyone please mute their phone? We’re going to get started in five minutes, just to give everyone time to get logged on and situated. Can everyone on the call log into the workspace?

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